Friday, August 3 2012 at 01:00
One person yesterday died of suspected Ebola at Mulago Hospital as 12 new cases of the haemorrhagic fever were registered at Kagadi Hospital in Kibaale District, health officials confirmed last night.
Permanent secretary Asuman Lukwago said the latest fatality was a case from Luzira, a Kampala suburb, and the patient checked-in with diarrhea and vomiting.
“The relatives wanted to take the body but we stopped them because we have sent samples to Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe to establish if he died of Ebola or some other infection.”
This development came amidst unconfirmed reports that the national referral
hospital was separately handling eight suspected Ebola cases following the death
last month at the facility of a clinical officer referred from
Kibaale.
Last evening, when Daily Monitor visited, hospital staff were erecting an
isolation centre at the former cholera treatment just outside the fence of new
Mulago to handle suspected cases. In a statement issued yesterday, the acting
Director General of Health Services, Dr Dennis Lwamafa, said: “The Ministry of
Health response teams in Kampala are on the alert to respond to any suspected
cases in and around Kampala.”http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Mulago+on+alert+as+Ebola+cases+hit+30/-/688334/1469728/-/ypxhflz/-/index.html
